We will begin drawing our self-portraits
next week, but before we begin I'd like you to spend some reflective time
viewing portraits created by other artists in order to gain further perspective as
well as insight to portraiture.
Visit MoMA's (Museum of Modern Art)
website [http://www.moma.org/search/collection?query=portraits]
and choose one portrait to study. In addition, you will be comparing this portrait to the IGCSE portrait below.
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| Created by IGCSE Art & Design student, Kate Reynolds |
Observe. Make lists of everything you see in each portrait. Note similarities and differences between the IGCSE artist’s portrait and the one you’ve chosen. Think back to the video clip viewed in class about portraits and then use your knowledge from that lesson to identify what you believe is each artist’s focus in creating his/her portrait.
Reflect and
Write. Organize your notes and write a 4
paragraph (min.) summary about what you've notice about these two
portraits. Post your summary as a reply to this lesson and include the link to
your chosen portrait.
There are many similarities and differences between the picture i chose and the IGCSE portrait. The IGCSE portrait was by Kate Reynolds, an Art and Design student. And the photo that i chose was by Gillian Wearing. She did a self portrait of herself at the age of 17. She was born in 1963 and she is British.
ReplyDeleteThe photo i chose is in a lot of ways different from the IGCSE portrait. It is realistic. It has shadows. Besides her hair the portrait seems kind of plain. It is a photograph. She has her hands and arms down and not positioned.
In the IGCSE portrait it seems more dreamy in a way. The colors are bright and pop when you see them. Since it is not a photo she had to use media. The media I think she used was watercolors, marker, and color pencils. Also she has her hand resting on her chin adds more to the portrait.
So as you can see they are very different, but they are also similar in some ways. The focal point is kind of the same in each portrait. In the one i chose its focal point is the right side of her hair (if you're looking at the picture, not her right , but ours). The IGCSE focal point is either her hair or her hand on her chin. Also the lips are kind of the same. And both portraits they are looking forward. So these portraits are similar, but also different.
This is the Portrait i chose: http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=89925
Jacob Avila
ReplyDeleteart picture i picked http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79990
Both this art pieces are very creative. Both these art pieces are very simplistic but the meaning behind them is the real question. Art has revolutionized throughout the years if you look at the dates. When art first started I believe art was more broad than what it is today. Todays art is more descriptive and has meaning behind it. The piece by Kate Reynolds and the piece I chose by Rene Magritte are totally different from each other.
The art piece by Kate Reynolds i describe as different. When do you a girl staring at you that looks like she's up in space and has pink cotton candy hair? I think the meaning behind this art piece is someone who is questioning herself and wishes she was someones else's identity. The reason i think this is because her background is not some normal space, she's thinking in her head in some other world wishing she had pink hair but really she cant change who she is.
The piece by Rene Magritte i believe shows a person that is going through a time of disparity and dous'nt really know what to do with his life. The eyeball on the pancake is really odd. I think the eyeball on the pancake can symbolize conscience because this man is eating breakfast and is looking at himself in despair. The reason i think the man or women is in despair is because right next his pancakes is a bottle of wine and the person wants to wash away and cover up his despair by being drunk.
Some similarities and differences with these 2 art pieces is the time period and the purposes. For the art piece i chose had a purpose to sow wanting to cover up. The piece by Kate Reynolds symbolizes the want of someone else's identity.
Though it comes from a beginner, the art of a student can share traits with the art found in a museum. Portraits can be a realistic representation of a figure or an interpretation that reveals character, and artists can learn to understand the space between forms. Kate Reynolds and Jacques Villon use the figures of their subjects to express comparable understandings of art and personality.
ReplyDeleteIn style, the two portraits share similar traits and differ in the extreme. Villon creates a figure from smudged paint and uncertain details. The man’s face consists of many tones, but his body dissolves quickly into distant green strokes. The background remains blurry, perhaps consisting of a stone wall, but its primary draw exists in its juxtaposition with the portrait. In contrast, Reynolds works with sharper lines and firmer details. Especially on the hand and arm, the subject of the portrait possesses clear lines distinguishing body from background. The shirt and hair consist of finely detailed texture, and even the background receives sharper dots. Despite the differences in media and style, the portraits do possess some similarities. Both color schemes differ from the natural world, especially in the hair. The artists take liberties with the subjects’ designs and their styles allow them to diverge from reality. Though one artist is living earlier in her career, her art agrees with one professional’s yet develops its own style.
In subject, the two portraits exist for a purpose beyond representing the real world. Villon identifies his work as a self-portrait, possessing those traits he ascribes to himself. The most detail of the portrait exists in the facial features. The painted Villon looks to the side, frowning below a thick, green-tinted mustache. After the face, the artist’s figure consists of a few vague lines, smudged to only give the suggestion of his body. The color scheme is muted and natural, and Villon’s figure blends accurately with the mood of the rest. Villon, through self-portrait, strives to express his emotions and his understanding of himself. Reynolds’ portrait, unspecified, still uses a bolder, more vivid color scheme. The subject looks directly at the viewer, and her hair streams back like starlight. The rest of her body is more defined than Villon’s, with more focus below the face. The completeness of the portrait serves to create wonder and an expression of, perhaps, the subject’s inner self. With a vastly different focus, both artists create their portraits to express an understanding of the self.
With altered methods and opposing skills, Reynolds resembles yet differs from Villon in the execution of her portrait. Both portraits reveal their creativity through their separation from reality, and Reynolds, though a student, invents her own art. Even with less experience, an artist can strive to create something that owns a personal kind of style.
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=80367
There are differences and similarities between the IGSCE portrait and the portrait from MoMA. The artist have different styles and different focal points, but some of the traits are similar.
ReplyDeleteThe IGSCE piece has color and is a less serious piece. The background is like space and the woman is on her knees is a more casual position. The artist did not give her face shadowing, so it makes her seem more gentle and soft, but at the same time it is not very realistic. Her hair is, also, not very realistic. It is straight up and back behind her head and the colors are not natural. Additionally, her hair is textured with what seems to be streamers or confetti.
The MoMA is a more serious portrait. The woman is looking forward and the shadows used gives her more of a realistic face and more depth of personality. Also, there are shadows of her hair and body, which makes the situation more realistic. Also, the background is similar to a curtain of some sort and the texture is very visible. This piece is successful with realism, because of the shapes and shadows along with the colors and textures.
Some of the main differences between the two art works are the the use of color, shadows, and the overall realism. The MoMA is more realistic because of he shadows, color, and the detail in the hair, curtain, ex cetera. The IGSCE portrait does not have the shadows and the choice of coloring is not very realistic, but there must have been a purpose behind it. Some of the similarities are the shape of the lips and the outlining there. Also, the eyebrows are a similar shape, but there are more details in the MoMA portrait. The noses are also similar , but there is more of a shadow casted with the MoMA piece. The differences bring a different mood of seriousness or of gentle fantasy.
Ciara Earl
ReplyDeleteMrs.Nelson
Art and Design
8 February 2013
Though at first glance , there are few similarities that one would catch between Kate Reynold’s and Roberta Breitmore’s pieces.However upon closer inspection similarities in style ,means of exposing focal points, and methods of expressing emphasis can be seen. Through color and star usage both artists create flow throughout their pieces and leave trails to identify their focal points.
In the IGCSE Art & Design student, Kate Reynolds’s piece she uses color to express emphasis. Her simple black background with stars really showcases the woman and her hair as the focal point of this piece. The stars in the background and in the woman’s hair also provides flow throughout the whole piece. The monochromatic blue usage on the woman shirts leads the views’ eyes upward towards the woman’s face and hair ,which ultimately reiterate the belief that the woman’s hair is the focal point of this piece.Also her use of monochromatic shades and complementary colors tie the piece together and further increases the fluidity of her piece.
Additionally, the piece by Roberta Breitmore on the MoMA website uses the difference between the lightest lights and the darkest darks to express emphasis. Unlike the IGCSE student Breitmore has a complex background and she has several people and objects that may deter the viewer from identifying the focal point. Due to the fact that almost any object in the piece may be confused as the focal point the easiest way to identify the focal point is for the viewer to look past the people and inanimate objects and focus on the lettering. In this piece the focal point was the lettering and was harder to identify than Reynold’s piece. However like Reynolds ,Breitmore used stars to provide flow to the piece and also if one look closely they will see that the stars lead right up to the lettering , which increases the likelihood that the letters are the focal point of this piece.
In summation, though their themes do not intersect, both artists use similar means to produce easily comprehendible art .Through their uses of color they are both able draw emphasis on section of their work. Also their uses of star creates flow throughout both piece. Two artist, different at first glance have uncanny similarities as far as technique goes.
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=147300
These pieces of artwork both have similarities and differences. They both are creating portraits. However they both go about it two very different ways by using different techniques.
ReplyDeleteIn the IGCSE painting by Kate Reynolds she approaches this portrait in a unique way. The artist portrays the painting as if her subject is in space. She creates a very unrealistic image of the subjects hair. The hair is sticking straight up and is pink and purple with stars in it. The subject also seems in a very causal position. Lastly the the subject does not have shadowing on her face implying she is innocent and fair skinned.
In the MoMA painting by Larry Rivers, the portrait is also very unique but very different from any other portraits I have seen. This painting is very realistic but also cartoonish. The facial features are very realistic but the surrounding head and ears are not as realistic as the face. Also there isn't much of a background. Lastly the artists used a smudging technique or even erased part of the face as if he is trying to portray the subjects feelings however the mouth and eyes of the subject are very real.
Therefore both of these artworks are different but similar. They are similar in the fact that they both are trying to portray a portrait of a person. However they both use a different approach as to how they are going to display or create the subject on the paper.
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=37323
Although when most people think of a portrait they think of a person drawn from the midsection up, a portrait can be drawn any different way. Two portraits, one by an IGCSE student and one by Paul Gauguin can both be classified as portraits but have two different styles.
ReplyDeleteBetween the two pieces, there are few similarities. Both people are drawn from about the waist up. They also both have the left hand under the chin in the thinker position, albeit slightly different. In addition, the background has been addressed in some way on both placing the subject in another place other than just a blank background. With colors, blue and black appear in both although one portrait places the colors on the subject and the other on the background. With the facial expressions, both appear to be thinking though their expressions look slightly different. Other than these similarities, the two portraits are drawn completely different from one another.
Unlike the similarities, differences abound much more between the two. Obviously, the subjects' gender is different. The IGCSE portrait is of a girl and the other portrait is of a guy. Also, the subject is located in different places. In the IGCSE portrait, the subject is located front and center in the picture. In the other portrait, the subject is located to the far left seated at a desk. In front of him are two books that represent his personality. Nothing is in front of the subject in the IGCSE portrait. Instead, personality may be represented by the subject's hair. On the subjects' faces, the IGCSE portrait's subject has a far off stare and the other one still has a thinking expression but almost appears to be sinister in nature. With color schemes, the IGCSE portrait uses an analogous color scheme of pink and purple while the other portrait does not have a dominiant color scheme. However, it does have dominant colors of red and gray.
Though both pieces are still classified as portraits, clearly they have extremely little in common. Whenever something is drawn, it does not necessarily have to be drawn the way everyone else sees fit. The only thing that matters is the way the artist sees fit. Although some people may not see one or the other as an "actual" portrait, the artist does and their creativity in approaching the subject shows it.
I forgot the link to my chosen portrait.
Deletehttp://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78323
Kassandra Garcia
ReplyDeleteLink to portrait from other site:
http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=36004
The portrait that I have selected to compare and contrast to the IGSCE students has many similarities as well as differences with it. Both pieces of art seem to have their own focal points that they have created with the way that the artist has manipulated the media that they chose to use. With the portrait on the MoMA site, it seems to me that the artist wanted to portray the face/ facial expression to be the focal point of the piece; by the way that the artist shaded and made everything around the face darker shades. Whereas in the IGSCE students art portrait, I believe that the artist was attempting to portray the cotton-candy looking hair to be the main focal point of her portrait; by simply adding more details to that part of her piece and emphasizing certain lines by adding darker values of lines within the hair. Also, the artist used, the color scheme of analogous colors in the hair, which makes the hair ‘pop-out’ and ‘stand-out’ because the rest of the portrait only consists of a monochromatic-blue shirt and a simple black background.
However, with the MoMA site portrait, the details in the face face are very precise and very intricate in how they are shaded and drawn. You can clearly see her expression of being happy, well to some extent, because her eyebrow are raised up, and her eyes look as if they show happiness not sadness or any other expression. Also, with her mouth, you can see and distinguish the ends of her lips slowly curl up along with her top lip. Which normally, when you smile, your lips curl up or form up. All of the shading that the artist chose to do around the eyes and on the cheeks (slightly) and even on the lips and on the neck, just adds to the realism of the portrait. All this shading in the face was probably added because it was her focal point in the portrait.
Whereas in the IGSCE students portrait, not much detail was added to the face. However, there was still enough to know that it was a face; and probably because the artist chose to use a different media then pencils, she wasn’t able to create those darker and lighter values within the face to make it more realistic. It would have also taken away from her focal point of the crazy colored hair. However, her face still contains a simple outlined nose with not as much emphasis as the other portrait, the eyes still portray a message and a simple facial expression that goes along with the lips. Though it is more deep in thought/ serious/ sad looking rather than semi-happy like the other portrait looked.
Another aspect of both portraits that is similar, is that they both contain some type of jewelry and clothes. However, the way that they are presented in both pieces of artwork varies from one to the other. In the IGSCE students portrait the bracelet that the girl in the portrait wears is very small and not very detailed that it is barely noticeable and kind of blends with all of its surroundings. As well as her clothes, it has some detail and dimension, but kind-of blends together. Whereas in the MoMA site portrait, the jewelry is very precisely drawn, with shading and overlapping and disappearing under layers of clothes. The clothes that the woman in this portrait wears is also very intricate with its contrasting shades, and all the folds that the artist managed to create within the piece.
Tresa Sloan
ReplyDeletehttp://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=61239
In both of the art pieces there is a substantial amount of colour. In the IGCSE portrait it has a basic black background with cotton candy like hair with light skin, and a light coloured shirt. Where as the Andy Warhol piece uses colours in odd ways to accentuate his subjects special features. The use of colours in portraits are very important in the overall feel of the piece.
In Warhols piece he uses hot pink, light pink, and yellow. The colours aren't realistic, they are extreme versions of her actual skin and hair colours. He uses shadows on her face and hair, where the IGCSE portrait doesn't use shadows. The Warhol painting seems computer generated and painted. It is certainly not realistic like the IGCSE portrait is, the attention to detail in both portraits is non- existent. The IGCSE portrait is a basic version yet more realistic version of a portrait.
The IGCSE portrait has realistic skin colour and a unnatural colour of hair, clearly painted. The Warhol portrait, at first glance, could be painted but looks computer generated, where as the IGCSE portrait is clearly drawn and painted. The student portrait did not pay attention to detail, but the Warhol had its own style to it. Obviously it is a specific style that isn't suppose to look perfect and realistic which makes it unique.
Overall I believe while they are both portraits there are many styles grouped into the category of a portrait. Both pieces are great in there own ways. I appreciate the work and heart that both artists have put in and they both have there own unique styles to make their work their signature style.
kelly scanlan
ReplyDeletelink: http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=61239
Both of the portraits are made with very vivid colors. the cambridge portrait is a portrait is water painted and the portrait i chose is printed. Both portraits arent realistic to an extent, in the IGCSE portrait, the girl has unnatural hair and in the portrait i chose, Marilyn Monroe has unusual coloring and shading. Also, both portraits have a simplistic background.
The portrait I chose is just the close up of a face. The IGCSE portrait has the face and the upper have of the girl's body. The above portrait has all of the colors blending together and the portrait i chose has barley any blending. The portrait i chose also has darker values compared to the protrait above. The portrait above has more detail to the body and facial features compared to the simplicity of the portrait I chose.
Both artists chose very different techniques, as one is paint and the other one is printed. The IGCSE painting looks as if the girl is thinking and it has a deeper meaning The Marilyn Monroe picture is simply a portrait of Marilyn Monroe.
In the end, both of these pieces are beautifully constructed and have many similarities.
Tyler Larson
ReplyDeletems. nelson
Art and Design
3/7/13
link: http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79289
These portraits have more differences than similarities. In more ways than one these are still examples of realism in their own way. By showing human features through different types of media as in the portrait that i chose used oil painting material and the igse portrait used water colors.
The igse portrait is a self portrait as well as depicted to being in space with the black and white background as well as with the unnatural hair sticking straight up. Along with the igse portrait did not use any shading it is all bright and vibrant with no depiction of shadows. Although the portrait itself is still a self-portrait and still involves realism it shows that everyone has their own view on how they image themselves and how they express it on paper.
Where as the picture i chose used oil pastels and includes shading to depict shadows it also is a self-portrait. As well as through the portrait it gives the time that the portrait was painted in which by the picture looks to be in the early 1930's late 1940's because of the clothes given to the man in the image and the setting of the environment.
overall both portrait are realism and both are self-portraits and differ between shading to none at all and vibrant colors to dull colors they are both well done paintings and show x amount of skills used between both.
Anders Swenson
ReplyDeleteMrs. Nelson
3/8/2013
Art & Design
http://www.moma.org/collection/browse_results.php?criteria=O%3AAD%3AE%3A5145&page_number=1&template_id=1&sort_order=1
Portraits are a type of art in which a persons head and upper body are depicted. Based on the style, a portrait could have many different meanings. The two portraits I chose were strikingly dissimilar.
The IGCSE student portrait was very unique. The portrait had an abstract look, depicting a young female with wild hair. The face is lacking in detail, simple with a blank stare, seemingly deep in thought. the woman is in a sitting position with her head resting in one hand; very lax. Her hair is extremely long, floating up out of the portrait. The color stands out as a vivid pink and purple, looking very much like cotton candy. The background looks similar to the night sky, littered with stars. All these elements together give the portrait an overall dreamlike and mysterious feel. The meaning of the portrait seems to be emphasis on dreams and fantasy, with reality having little importance. While not what you'd normally expect from a portrait, it works for it's purpose.
The portrait I chose from online was a stark contrast to to IGCSE sample. This portrait depicts a well detailed elderly man in black and white. This piece, as opposed to the former, has a conservative feel to it. The landscape present appears to be a forest, and combined with the lack of color gives it an "old" feel that compliments the elderly man. The absence of color forces greater emphasis onto detail and shading, much more so than the IGCSE portrait. The man has a calm, almost content continence, his eyes seeming to contain years of wisdom. This is thanks to the remarkable detail given to every aspect of the mans body, with each line and patch of shade donating to the complexity and depth of the piece.
While different in many ways, both portraits contain some similarities between them. It must be said though that these similarities are very basic. Only things such as posture and the fact that they depict humans hold any relation between the two
Tristan Giles
ReplyDeletehttp://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=70277
The piece that I chose was a Self Portrait by Josef Albers made around 1917. The reason I chose this piece is mainly because of the expression on the face of the portrait. To me, it expresses some sort of negative feeling or sorrow oriented emotion but I can not clearly explain what I think this is in words. In this way, I find the piece to be very interesting. Also, the piece shows a distinct contrast with the IGCSE piece created by Kate Reynolds. Basically, this means that I could create more in depth notes about the two pieces, which will in turn help me to actually write four paragraphs just on similarities and differences.
The first thing that will probably be noticed between the two pieces is the large contrast of color. The IGCSE piece is filled with bright and soft colors with a black background. The portrait by Albers is a sketch composed of black and white only. However, Albers is able to create a piece filled with much more detail than the portrait by Reynolds. In his piece Albers makes heavy use of tones, shading, and more distinct facial features than the IGCSE piece. This may not be because of a difference in skill but maybe just a difference in methods to express a purpose. Another difference is that the two pieces seem to be made of strikingly different materials. The Self Portrait by Josef Albers seems to be made of some sort charcoal or graphite. The piece by Kate Reynolds seems to make use of bright paints or markers. Honestly, I am not entirely sure what materials the IGCSE piece uses.
Between these two pieces there is also a definite difference of focus. This can be seen by the different methods chosen by each artist and the materials that were chosen to be used. In the IGCSE piece I believe that the main focus of the work is the colorful hair and the facial expression on the subject of the painting. The bright hair is probably the first thing that any observer will find their eyes landing upon. The next area their gaze will probably lead to is the face. The face holds a blank or “lost” expression and, in unison with face resting on her hand, it helps to give the subject a thoughtful atmosphere. The girl’s face and her colorful hair are probably the main focus and purpose within the piece. In the portrait by Albers would have to say the focus of the painting is also the face. It just seems that there was more effort put into the face than the rest of the portrait. Also Albers has created a certain expression within the face and eyes of the piece that could be trying to relay a message to the observer. Since this is a self-portrait the artist could possibly be trying to express some emotion or experience that was lingering with him in this time period of his life.
Aesthetically, these two pieces couldn’t be more far apart with their differences in style and materials. However, both of these pieces seem to be trying to express some sort of emotion within the faces of both pieces. Although the exact purpose of these expressions is not the same it seems that both artists realize the significance within the face of a portrait
Timothy Smith
ReplyDeletehttp://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=79105
The piece i chose was a self portrait of Joseph Roulin done by Van Gogh. The main reason i chose this specific piece was the facial hair done upon the man. It seemed vivid and realistic at the same time as its exaggeration of the facial hair on the man. Although the hair is a simple brown color it conveys the steep expression of the man. It is almost as if he is purposely attempting to draw attention directly to the sheer fact of the amount of curls it has.
The piece done by Van Gogh although astonishing with its focal point of facial hair, the other piece done by a IGCSE student seemed to reflect the same qualities but in slightly different ways. Its colorization is the starting point that is quite different than the Van Gogh piece yet not necessarily worse. It used much more vibrant colors of bright purple and pink to express its exaggeration rather than the curly part that the Van Gogh piece used. It lit up the art work with much more vibrance than the lather piece.
The next difference between the two pieces were the amount of sheer size the hair took up inside the space allotted in each of their own spaces. In the IGCSE painting the hair of the person took up nearly half of the whole page in total. Rather than the Van Gogh piece which only took up a slighter amount of space. Although less space was used for the expression of the hair, it still conveys the same imagery to the observer of both pieces. It does this by the darker shading of the spaced made the viewer to look nearly immediately to the dark space on the natural colored piece.
Even though both art works had obvious qualities unique to their own specific piece in particular. Yet they had very similar qualities at the same time they had the same similar quality of emphasis on hair. which made them similar yet not at the same time.
Mahealani Shewell
ReplyDeletehttp://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=89925
Similarities: Facial expression, focus of portrait (face)
Differences: Color scheme, artist, time period, theme of portrait
I think the theme of the IGCSE portrait is sort of a dream-like one and the theme of the one I chose is to capture a moment in the artist's life.
In the IGCSE portrait and the Gillian Wearing portrait, the subject of the two portraits have similar blank staring facial expressions. Both of the faces are staring straight at the viewer, from the center of the portrait.The mouths are in the same position on the face; they are both not smiling and overall blank. Both of the portraits' subjects are a person's face. But there are also some differences between the two portraits. Like color scheme for example. In the IGCSE portrait, the color scheme is mostly cool colors and they contribute to the theme of a dream-like state. But in the Gillian Wearing portrait, the color scheme is mostly more monochromatic with orange.
Obviously, another difference that the two portraits have is the artist that created them. The IGCSE portrait was done by an IGCSE art and design student. The Gillian Wearing portrait was done by Gillian Wearing in the year 2003. Also, in the Gillian Wearing portrait, the subject is clear; it is Gillian Wearing at age 17. But in the IGCSE portrait, the subject is less clear; it could be the artist herself, or a friend, or family member.
Also, the time period the artwork was created in could be different. Gillian Wearing created her artwork in 2003, but the date of the IGCSE portrait is unknown. Additionally, the theme of the portraits are different. The theme for the IGCSE portrait is most likely dreaming, or something related to being in a dream-like state. The theme of the Gillian Wearing portrait could be simply nothing, only to capture a moment in the artist's life. Or it could be everything, a self-expression of the artist. Or it could be both.